Today's Feature Story:
Tina
Yang tutors children of non-English speaking immigrants and explains how YA
novels, rather than classics, have engendered a deeper appreciation for
reading.
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Discussion:
At
Slate, Ruth Graham argued that adult readers should be embarrassed they are
reading YA novels, generating a firestorm of protest elsewhere online.
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More News from PP:
A
new competition to find the "next big thing" in children's
literature is being launched by the UK's National Literary Trust and
Bloomsbury Children's Books.
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From the Archive:
St.
Martin’s Press’s Dan Weiss on why Gen Y wants content immediately accessible,
on multiple platforms, with social applications providing increased
immersion.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Should Adults Be Reading YA Novels? The Debate Continues!
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